New Dahlias

 

The Sun is definitely winning so far today ! We collected our very generous Dahlia tubers from Alyson , the nice lady with amazing garden in the village and I got straight to it , potting them all up .

It was so nice to be outside in the warm sunshine with my hands in the good earth again .

This one needed a much bigger pot ! Had to go and have a good rummage in the shed , but eventually found one ,a badly cracked and split down the side one , but I can fix that with a bit of string .

I couldn't find the string , but as I will not be watering these for a few weeks ,it should be o.k. for now if I stand it in an old washing up bowl . 

They will only have the moisture already present in the compost for now . I want to keep them dormant , but there is just that tiny bit of moisture . Anymore than this and if we were to have a freeze ,then they could be in danger of rotting . I'll begin to wake them up , undercover...hmmm...end of March/beginning of April time in my woodshed which has a clear corrugated plastic roof and it is always quite warm in there with all the wood . I like to take cuttings from the first shoots and then I leave them to grow and then aim to plant them outside either in the ground or in large tubs around June depending on how the weather is behaving . 

All ready to be squirreled away to the shed and then  time for a cuppatea !

Now I have to think where I am going to plant them all ! I do have a plan ! Husband has decided he wants the big yellow one some where in this bed in front of the Summerhouse .

Next , we are off for our walk , while the sun is still shining 🌞 what a lovely day ! 

More Epie "Lollipop " Flowers

 

Epie "Lollipop" looking even better with two lovely flowers this morning .

Cloudy to the South this morning .

Clear blue sky to the North . Who will win ? It's cold , but not too cold .

Daffodils are blooming here in Cornwall and you might start to see them for sale in florists and some supermarkets . I have some of the tiny wild ones in the meadow ..I dont think mine are out yet , I will check on them later on . My husband has this tub of the big blousy ones ....they'll be blooming very soon .

Yes that is an Epie cutting you can see in amongst them ! After pruning my Epies I didn't have the heart to throw the bits away . So I experiment with them .Some I leave on the greenhouse bench to callous over and be potted up later on .Some of these I pot up and some I leave and forget about and they put out interesting aerial roots . I will usually have some left over and they get left to one side outside , to be put on the compost heap later . I forget about them . Then one day I will come along and think I should at least try and save them . They then get stuck into any pots or tubs outside , just to see what happens . 

Here are some I stuck into the Veg Trug , in with my Strawberry plants and my husbands Garlic .

His garlic is looking far better than mine which are out in the veg garden . I think they need more space than this really . The compost in the veg trug has sunk down considerably , needs topping up again . Big sigh !

Got to dash ! 💐We are going to collect some Dahlia roots from a lady in the village who has been splitting hers up . Very excited ! Nice to add some different ones to our garden .💐

 See you later !  

Sunset

 

I thought I might as well show you the sunset at the end of this lovely sunny day !

Vegetable garden . The Phoenix canariensis looking fabulous in the low evening sunlight .

 I have put the cloche back over the Agave in the gravel bed , in case the temperature should drop over night .

It is getting quite big now , it is worth taking a little care of it  .

 

The Sweet peas will remain wrapped in this fleece until Spring .....

.....but they are romping away in there ! They can take the cold , but their stems can get snapped in the gales .  Later on I will be pinching them back to make them bush out , but I don't want them to get snapped off at the bottom in the wind .

                                      Cat Fox Pheasant Hedgehog Deer ?

I took this picture early this morning  . What do you think ?

The end of another lovely day and we retire to have our evening meal and relax . We leave the garden to the creatures of the night .

  

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